Author here on june 72020 what is the assessment of the United States . Thanks for having me thats a wonderful a broad question to open with its challenging one in a moment of crisis sets hard to deny a spring dominated by a Public Health crisis that is still very much with us we are facing now a social crisis as old as the country the struggle for racial equality and human equality but very much of this moment forcing us to confront challenges our society has had trouble with in recent years and makes us wonder how strong our institutions will prove to be how we will rise through a challenge like this you cannot help see it but it is a time of crisis but also to think of americas strengths what we are good at as a country and how we address the problems. Host how did we get here . Its a complicated question our country has always tried to strike a balance between the dignity and quality of the individual on the one hand and some form of strength of community on another our society in
Good morning. Im cierra johnson. Im kris sanchez. Laura and marcus are off. Youre getting a Little Something different this morning. Kari is here with us. So is mike. Nice to see you guys. Nice mixup, right . Good morning. Love it. Yes, good morning. Its warm in here, kari. Its going to start to get a little bit warmer in that forecast as we check out whats going on here. As we take a live look outside in walnut creek right now were starting out with a clear morning. Temperatures in the mid50s. At least its cool now because it will be slightly warmer for the afternoon. By 11 00 were at 76 degrees and looking at highs in the low 90s here. San jose reaching 86 while San Francisco today stays in the 60s. Well talk more about this and whats ahead coming up in a few minimum. Mike, have you had your coffee yet . Not quite. Thats okay. Folks on the roadways are getting along fine. I do have the cup next to me, though, for that first sip. Meanwhile, were looking for any slowing, not really muc
And david daley, author of why your vote doesnt count and the upcoming book unrigged, how americans battle back of democracy. Im a citizen of cherokee nation, a journalist and host of the podcast this land and im really, really excited to dig into this conversation in the next hour. I think its more important now than ever. I think in this moment of a Global Pandemic we are seeing the systemic failures of our government right now. You know, sort of all of the cracks that were existing are more apparent than ever and i think a lot of us have our eyes on this upcoming election, if that election is going to be a solution or make the problem worse. So, steve, i ill direct the first question to you. A lot of democrats have seen a singular focus on beating donald trump in november. Theres a lot of debate whether or not those efforts should be voted on or should be focused on converting trump voters, working class white voters over to the democratic side or increasing turnout or people of col
Challenges our society has had trouble with in recent years this is a time that makes us wonder how strong institutions will be how we rise to a challenge like this but because at the time of testing but also think of americas strength what we are good i had as a country and to address the enormous problems. Host how did we get here . Thats a complicated question. Our country has always tried to strike a balance between the dignity and quality of the individual on one hand and some strength of community on the other our society in the past halfcentury has emphasized the individual, liberty, freedom, dy that has brought some enormous advantages and benefits but there is another side to the coin that can look like fragmentation and isolation and alienation and loneliness and we have seen all that and era marked by a crises to the financial crisis to a pandemic that forces us to look to the sources of our strength and ways to drive us to the history and politics is not always good at doin
Of the podcast, democracy in color. Thanks, steve, for joining us. Thanks for having me on. And david daley, the upcoming book, unrigged. Thanks for joining us, david. Pleasure to be here. Hi, everybody. My names rebecca nagel, im a journalist and host of a podcast, this land, and im really, really excited to be digging into this conversation over next hour the next hour because i think it is more important now than ever. I think, you know, in this moment of a Global Pandemic, we are seeing the systemic failures of our government right now. You know, sort of all of the cracks in the system that were already existing are more apparent than ever, and i think a lot of us have our eyes on this upcoming election and if that election going to be a solution or make the problem worse. So, steve, ill direct the first question to you, you know, with a lot of democrats [audio difficulty] singular focus on beating donald trump in november, theres a lot of debate about whether or not those efforts